Streptanthus campestris: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Streptanthus
- Species
- Streptanthus campestris
- Scientific Name
- Streptanthus campestris
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Streptanthus campestris
Streptanthus campestris is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name southern jewelflower. It is native to southern California and northern Baja California, where it is known from fewer than 20 occurrences scattered between San Bernardino County, California, and Sierra de San Pedro Mártir in northern Baja. It grows in mountain chaparral, woodlands, and forests, at elevations up to 2300 meters (7545 feet). It is a perennial herb producing a thick, few-branched stem up to 1.5 meters tall or more. The basal leaves have fleshy oval blades with bristly, toothed edges which are borne on petioles. Leaves higher up the stem are lance-shaped with smooth or wavy edges and bases that clasp the stem. Flowers occur at intervals on the upper stem. Each has a bell-shaped calyx of bristle-lined purple sepals with four purple tipped yellow petals emerging from the tip. The fruit is a narrow, curving or straight silique which may reach 14 centimeters in length.
The already uncommon plant is moderately threatened by further habitat fragmentation.
...Streptanthus campestris in languages:
- English
- southern jewelflower
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Streptanthus anomalus
- Streptanthus barbatus
- Streptanthus barbiger
- Streptanthus batrachopus
- Streptanthus bernardinus
- Streptanthus brachiatus
- Streptanthus bracteatus
- Streptanthus breweri
- Streptanthus callistus
- Streptanthus campestris
- Streptanthus carinatus
- Streptanthus cordatus
- Streptanthus cutleri
- Streptanthus diversifolius
- Streptanthus drepanoides
- Streptanthus farnsworthianus
- Streptanthus fenestratus
- Streptanthus glandulosus
- Streptanthus gracilis
- Streptanthus hesperidis
- Streptanthus hispidus
- Streptanthus howellii
- Streptanthus hyacinthoides
- Streptanthus insignis
- Streptanthus juneae
- Streptanthus lemmonii
- Streptanthus longirostris
- Streptanthus longisiliquus
- Streptanthus maculatus
- Streptanthus medeirosii
- Streptanthus morrisonii
- Streptanthus oblanceolatus
- Streptanthus oliganthus
- Streptanthus petiolaris
- Streptanthus platycarpus
- Streptanthus polygaloides
- Streptanthus squamiformis
- Streptanthus tortuosus
- Streptanthus vernalis
- Streptanthus vimineus























































































































